e gods hold in honour.' This trouble occurs again at Antigone's conviction. Antigone is clearly angry that her sister suddenly changes her mind and is willing to share the blame: 'I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone.' Whilst Antigone is determined to retain her loyalty for her brother, it seems Ismene's actions infuriate her to such an extent that she cannot retain her affection for her, rejecting her bitterly.
             Although Antigone does not get what she wants with Ismene, it may appear that she gets her wish as far as death is concerned. Originally, she is so full of passion for carrying out the burial that she says: 'if I am to die before my time I consider that a gain.' This apparent wish to end her cursed life and be with her family in the underworld is granted: 'my arrival may be dear to father . . . my mother . . . Eteocles . . . Polynices because I laid your body out as well, this, this is my reward.' However, her reaction before she is taken to the cave is not one of gladness, but one of resistance. Whilst she does not protest her innocence in an attempt to escape, she clearly mourns for the end of her life in her own lament, which is full of regrets that she never had the chance to marry: 'denied my part in the wedding-songs . . . I go to wed the lord of the dark waters.' Sophocles personifies death as the only thing she will marry, and she remains rejected and alone: ironically two things she wanted the least: 'I
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